Spool-holder



(No Model.)

J'. BLASZKAYE.

SPOOL HOLDER.

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ATTORNEY.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BLASZKAYE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SPOOL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,159, dated July 2, 1889.

Application filed April 12, 1889. Seiial No. 306,970. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be 1t known that I, JOHN BLASZKAYE, a

, citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spool-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invent-ion relates to spool-holders; and the object of the invention is to provide a device which will hold spools of thread, yarn, or the like, used in domestic sewing, crocheting, knitting, or similar work. Ordinarily no special means for holding spools are provided, and ladies have to handle the spool every time they use it, and the spool is liable to be misplaced or covered up and to fall on the floor and roll away to the annoyance of the user. To overcome these objections and inconveniences, I provide a holder by which the spool can be secured to the edge of a table, stand, sewing-basket, or other article of furniture, or on a nail or bracket on the wall, and which supports the spool independently and allows it to turn on its support, all as shown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the holder attached to a table and a spool in position in dotted lines. Fig. 2 shows the holder as supported on a nail on the wall.

The holder as here shown and as made by me is formed of spring -wire of suitable weight, steel wire preferred. A single piece of wire is used for each holder, and this is bent over a suitably-made former to obtain the shape here shown. This shape as traced by the drawings comprises a loop a, formed primarily by bending the wire in the middle and lapping the ends back parallel to each other, with a space, say, of half an inch, between them. Then to convert the wire into a holder the two stems are bent twice at right angles, so as to bring loop-tongue a in a parallel line with the central portion 1), but separated therefrom, say, about an inch or thereabout, probably a little less, by the shoulder portion 0, which connects the two parallel portions to b. This forms a means of attaching the holder to an article of furniture, a sewing-machine, or the wall, as shown. This done, the two stems are bent at right angles outward from a b, as at d, forming what may be termed the shank and designed to keep the spool out of contact with the holder support, whatever it may be. From the shank the stems are bent oppositely at right angles, according to the length of spool to be held, as at e, thence parallel to the line of the shank, as at f, and thence i11- ward again at right angles, as at g, where the free ends of the wire are brought opposite to and near each other to form the spindle for holding the spool.

The loop-tongue a is flattened on its face and back to make better engagement with the article to which it is attached, and said tongue may be bent inward or outward with respect to the central portion 1), according as the article to which it is to be attached has greater or less thickness. The parts a b can of course be bent toward or from one another, which amounts to the same thing.

The spool rests on the two-part spindle g, and as the two stems terminating in the spindle have a continuous spring portion from the end of loop a-the center of the wire-the sections of the spindle are readily separated to introduce the spool, when they spring together again, and the spool is held firmly thereon, but of course free to revolve when thread is drawn off.

On the shoulder a I fix a cutter h, for cutting the thread. The shape of this cutter is not material; but it is bent to carry its point inwardly, and thus prevent accident by coming in contact with the point, which is rounded to avoid the liability of accident.

The manner of using the holder will be clear from the foregoing description and need not be specially described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, the spool-holder herein described, consisting, essentially, of a single piece of wire bent and forming the tongue a, shoulders c c at right I angles to the tongue portion a, central stems being arranged to project into the spool, sub- 1) b, at right angles to the shoulders o, and subs1 antially as set forth. I0 stantially parallel to the tongue portion, to In testimony whereof I hereunto set my fasten the holder to stable or the like, shank hand this 1st day of April, A. 1). 188.).

5 portion (Z (Z at right angles to the stems b 1) JOHN VIBLASZKAYE.

- and extending outward from the plane of the \V'itnesses:

tongue (1-, and the portions 6 0,]" f, and g g, I. T. COREY,

for holding the spool, the ends of the Wire H. T. FISHER. 

